Target with projectile stop



April 24, 1956 c K SCHELS TARGET WITH PROJECTILE STOP Filed June 12, 1955 INVENTOR. CARL K SOHZ BY HTTURNE) III/ll/Illfld III/lit VII/II TARGET WITH PROJECTILE STOP Carl K. Schels, Eagle River, Wis. Application June 12, 1953, Serial No. 361,257

1 Claim. (Cl. 273-103) My invention relates to targets and more particularly to a packing box designed to accommodate targets.

An object of my invention is to provide a packing box or enclosure for a toy machine gun, or the like, as illus trated in my co-pending application, filed June '12, 1953, Serial Number 361,258, which packing box is arranged in a manner to act as a back-stop supporting a plurality of targets, or the like, and depositing a plurality of pellets projected from the toy gun into a receptacle.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described which has a target and support bars, and deflector plates mounted therein in a manner to permit ease in assembly and disassembly.

Still another object of my invention is to provide support bars for targets which are arranged in a manner to permit the targets mounted thereon to move from a vertical to a horizontal position by tipping backwards on the bar, when contacted by the projectile or pellet shot from the gun.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device as described, that is equipped with a receptacle at its lower portion to accumulate the pellets that have been discharged from the gun, in a manner to permit their removal so that they may be used over and over.

The device will prevent pellets or projectiles, which are projected from any type of toy gun towards the target, from being lost or scattered, and made adaptable for repeated use. It is manifest to anyone familiar with the art of target practice with a toy gun, or the like, that the pellets projected from the gun are often caused to be scattered or lost. With the device as specified, described, and claimed herein it is possible to arrange the receptacle, or packing box for the toy gun, in a manner in which the deflector plates, and bars on which the targets may be placed, in position'without the use of tools.

Other and further objects of my invention will become more apparent as the description proceeds when'taken in conjunction with the drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing a fragmentary portion of the cover in position.

Figure 2 is a vertical, cross-sectional end view of the assembled device.

Figure 3 is a vertical, cross-sectional front view of the assembled device.

Figure 4 is a perspective rear view of the conventional target.

Figure 5 is a vertical, cross-sectional view of the target mounted onto the horizontal target support rod.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of anend support for the target rods.

Figure 7 is a side view of the deflector plate support showing the deflector plate in cross-section, and

Figure 8 is the perspective view of a portion of a defiector plate engaging a plate support.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and referring now to nited S ates Patent ice the same character 10 refers in general to an enclosure consisting of a back wall shown as 11, a bottom wall 12,

side wallsshown as 13 and 13', and a front wall portion shown as 14. This front wall portion 14 is equipped with a tongue 15 at its upper edge, and a separate cover 16 which is also provided with a tongue 17 engages the tongue 15 of the front portion 14 to hold it in position, and the top of the cover 16 is equipped with a hasp shown as 18 which engages a hinged bracket shown as 19 attached to the top wall 20 of the enclosure 10.

The inner surface of the end walls 13 and 13' are provided with angular supports shown as 21 which are attached by means of screws 22, or the like. These supports 21 are forwardly inclined, and support a deflector plate shown as 23 which is loosely inserted into the enclosure between the end walls 13 and 13, and rest on the supports 21. The bottom edge 24 of the supports 21 is turned upward to permit the edge of the deflector plate 23 to rest thereon, and the entire deflector plate 23 mounted on the supports 21 is spaced forward from the rear wall 11 of the encolsure leaving an opening shown as 25.

Obviously, as many of these deflector plates as desired may be placed into the enclosure depending on the number of target support rods which are shown as 26 which extend horizontally across the entire enclosure from one end wall 13 to the other end wall 13, and are supported by meansof brackets shown as 27 which are of semicylindrical contour to permit the rods 26 to rest into the brackets 27.

The rods 26 are equipped with a plurality of pins shown as 28, and there are targets shown as 29 which may be of any shape or contour which extend upward from the rod 26, and have a portion 30 encircling the rod 26. This portion 30 is provided with an open slot 31 for engagement with the pin 28.

In Fig. 5 I show a cross-section of the target 29 for mounting the target support rod 26 into which the pin 28 is inserted. The pin 28 is arranged so as to traverse the slot 31 and permits the upper portion of the target 29 to lean forward slightly toward the open side of the target enclosure, so that when a pellet is shot from a toy gun, or the like, it will cause the target to drop backward. Such movement is limited by the length of the slot 31 in its relation to the pin 28 which is inserted into the target rod 26.

On the bottom wall of the enclosure 10 between the back plate 11 and the front plate 14 is shown a board 32 which is higher on the one end 33 resting on an angular plate 34 attached to the inside surface of the wall of the end wall 13, and this board 32 is inclined, and a projectile shot from the gun, or the like, will automatically roll to the low point into a trough 35, and from there it may pass through an opening shown as 36 provided with a cover 37 on the outside of the front wall 14 of the enclosure 10.

The entire inside of the enclosure may be lined with a felt or sprayed with a fibrous fabric, of a nature to cushion the impact of the pellets shot from the gun towards the target. The object of the deflector plates is to ricochet the pellets downward and onto the trough plate 32, and into the trough 35 so that they may be gathered easily, and be used over again in the projecting device such as a toy gun, or the like.

Although I have shown a specific structure to portray my invention, I am cognizant of the fact that many changes in the form and configuration of the device may be made without effecting its operativeness, the spirit of my invention, or the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to obtain by Letters Patent in the United States is:

A combined packingbox and target comprising an enclosure consisting .of a. top wall, end walls. a bottom wall and a partially openfront wall, paired semi-cylindrical brackets mounted on said end walls in horizontal alignuixelatinn, a target supporting rod loosely seated between apair of aligned semi-cylindrical brackets; a. forwardly inclined support mounted on each end wall rearwardlyof each semi-cylindrieal bracket, 21 deflector plate loosely positioned upon each pair of inclined supports, said target, supporting rods and said deflector plates being removable fior storage on .said bottom wall as well as permitting storage: of a my gun. within the packing box and a cover: including a fastening means for said partially open front wall.

References Cited in the file of this patent "UNiTED STATES PATENTS Scratton Nov. 3, 1896 Baker Mar. 24, 1908 Whitman Dec. 29, 1914 Prebble Aug. 3, 1920 Knowles Oct. 27, 1925 Caswell Feb. 19, 1935 Klein -2 Ian. 28, 1936 Traub May 2, 1950 Wesley Oct. 28, 1952 

